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SIMA - Notice of Final Determination - Certain Seamless Carbon or Alloy Steel Oil and Gas Well Casing

Ottawa, February 7, 2008

On February 7, 2008, the President of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) made final determinations of dumping and subsidizing pursuant to paragraph 41(1)(a) of the Special Import Measures Act with respect to certain seamless carbon or alloy steel oil and gas well casing, whether plain end, beveled, threaded or threaded and coupled, heat-treated or non-heat-treated, meeting American Petroleum Institute (API) specification 5CT, with an outside diameter not exceeding 11.75 inches (298.5 mm), in all grades, including proprietary grades, originating in or exported from the People’s Republic of China (China).

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (Tribunal) is continuing its inquiry into the question of injury to the domestic industry and will make an order or finding by March 10, 2008.  Provisional duties will continue to apply until this date

The Statement of Reasons regarding this decision will be issued within 15 days and will also be available on the CBSA’s Web site at:  http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/sima-lmsi/menu-eng.html



CERTAIN SEAMLESS CARBON OR ALLOY STEEL OIL AND GAS WELL CASING


MARGINS OF DUMPING AND AMOUNT OF SUBSIDY
Exporters Weighted Average Margin of Dumping (As a % of export price) Weighted Average Margin of Subsidy (As a % of export price) Amount of Subsidy (RMB/MT)
Dalipal Pipe Company 45% 3% 241
Hengyang Steel Tube Group Int’l Trading Inc. 45% 2% 226
Shandong Molong Petroleum Machinery Co. Ltd. 61% 2% 160
Tianjin Pipe Corporation 37% 7% 790
Wuxi Seamless Oil Pipe Co. Ltd. 51% 4% 318
Energy Alloys LLC (USA) 45% 7% 790
All Other Exporters 91% 38% 3,381